Casual employment
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Casual employment is an Australia
n employment
classification under Australian workplace law whereby an employee is paid at a higher hourly rate (at least 20%) in lieu of having their employment guaranteed, and lacking other usual employment conditions such as sick leave. 28% of all Australian workers were employed on a casual basis in 2003.
Casual employees are often contacted regularly by their employers to arrange working times from week to week. As there is no expectation in a casual work contract between employee and employer of ongoing work, employees can legally refuse a specific work opportunity at any time.
Under various workplace awards, employment classification can change if a certain number of hours is worked in a particular time frame.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n employment
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
classification under Australian workplace law whereby an employee is paid at a higher hourly rate (at least 20%) in lieu of having their employment guaranteed, and lacking other usual employment conditions such as sick leave. 28% of all Australian workers were employed on a casual basis in 2003.
Casual employees are often contacted regularly by their employers to arrange working times from week to week. As there is no expectation in a casual work contract between employee and employer of ongoing work, employees can legally refuse a specific work opportunity at any time.
Under various workplace awards, employment classification can change if a certain number of hours is worked in a particular time frame.
See also
- Australian Fair Pay and Conditions StandardAustralian Fair Pay and Conditions StandardThe Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard is a set of five minimum statutory entitlements for wages and conditions that was introduced as part of the Howard Government's WorkChoices amendments to Australian labour law. It came into effect on 27 March 2006...
- Contingent WorkforceContingent WorkforceA contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants...
- Contingent workContingent workContingent work, also sometimes known as casual work, is a neologism which describes a type of employment relationship between an employer and employee...
- EmploymentEmploymentEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
- Informal sector